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Patented Dec. 14, 1897.

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.EDMOND MAURICE BERGNER, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

REED FOR LOOMS.

SPEGIFIClATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 595,596, datedDecember 14, 1897.

Application filed March 18,1897. fierial No. 628,148. (No model.)Patented in France July 17, 1896, No. 258,158, and in GermanyJuly27,1896,N0. 91,324.

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMOND MAURICE BERG- NER, of the city of Paris,France, have invented an Improvement in Reeds for Looms, (for which Ihave obtained Letters Patent in France for fifteen years, dated July17,- 1896,

No. 258,158, and in Germany for fifteen years,

dated July 27, 1896, No. 91,324,) of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description. 1

This invention relates to an improved reed, having for its object toproduce the entwinement together of two or more warp-threads.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, which illustrate adevice embodying my invention,Figure 1 being a partial front elevation, and Fig. 2 a cross-section, ofthe reed. Figs. 3, 4:, 5,6, and 7 are detail views showing in elevationand section the action of the reed for effecting the twisting of thethreads.

The same letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

The dents a of the improved reed have central holes I), which may beformed by drilling, wherein perforated spherical thread-guides formed bybeads c are loosely supported, one between each two adjacent dents a,the beads being of slightlylarger diameter than the space between thedents and capable of rotating about their axes and being all at the sameI height. Through each bead is passed a warpthread (1, the otherwarp-thread e passing between the dents of the reed either above orbelow the beads c. The beads 0 may be made of metal, glass, or othersuitable material. The dents a are spaced according to the nature of thework to be done and are fixed to top and bottom bars f. The reed thusconstructed may be mounted in a batten capable of moving both up anddown and laterally. Thus arranged, supposing the warp-threads to be inthe position shown in Fig. 3, the winding of the threads (1, which passthrough the beads 0, about the free threads e may be eifected by movingthe batten to the left and then lowering it, as in Figs. 4 and 5, thereed being then returned to the right and afterward raised, as in Figs.6 and 7, so as to be returned to its initial position. This operation isperformed as many times as it is desired to make turns of threads 61about threads 9. To untwist the threads, the operation is performed inthe inverse direction.

In order that the threads shall not remain twisted at the side oppositethe operator, it is necessary that as many turns should be made to theright as to the left. For example, if it is required to make a fabricpresenting meshes of a certain size these meshes would be produced bycausing the threads to make a certain number of turns--four turns, forinstance; but it is then necessary that the fabric which follows'eachmesh should contain four shoots of weft, so as to enable thewarp-threads to be brought back to their initial position.

Another reed of the kind required for making the ground or middleportion of the fabric may be. used with the reed described, if desired,the twisted warps being designed for making a border to the fabric.

It is to be understood that my improved reed, which enables a new modeof intertwining of the threads to be carried into effect, may be appliedin any suitable manner to any loom- What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described reed for looms whereby to effect the twistingtogether of warp-threads, said reed consisting of a series ofequally-spaced apertured dents in combination with perforated sphericalwarp-thread guides loosely held in the apertures of the dents so as,while guiding or retaining the warp-threads which pass through them,they may turn freely and give passage between them and the dents to theother Warp-threads passing between the same dents as specified.

2. The herein-described reed for looms whereby to efiect the twistingtogether of warp-threads, said reed consisting of a series of recesseddents spaced apart in combination with annular warp-thread guidesinterposed between adjacent dents and entering the recesses in the saidadjacent dents so as to retain one set of warp-threads in the annularguides and to give passage to the other set ofwarp-threads past the saidguides, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

The foregoing specification of my improvement in reeds for looms signedby me this 27th day of February, 1897.

EDMOND MAURICE BERGNER. Witnesses:

J. ALLISON BOWEN, M. H. SIGNET.

